The Carnival of Running #38

Welcome to the 38th edition of The Carnival of Running!

This is safe for work, but it does feature the participants in the New York City undie run:

If you prefer, you can read about it – sans visuals – here.

I know I promised you Valerie Bertinelli half-marathon photos, but this is ridiculous.

For some reason, Greenpeace sent me its press release about getting Nike to stop using rainforest-unfriendly leather in its shoes. No matter how I look at it, I can’t find anything funny about it.

This isn’t ha-ha funny, but it is odd funny. Women runners in Nashville are being accosted by a serial butt-grabber.

I loved this story about an all-comers track meet, mainly because it includes a running tip I haven’t heard elsewhere: “Run in a straight line, and you’ll get there faster!”

Remember when running didn’t require a million gadgets?

This week’s linky love goes out to Zoomylicious. She’s entertaining, informative, and she has the biggest tag cloud you’ve ever seen.

This could be the scariest drag race on the planet.

Thank you, Reuters, for your list of the world’s top five nude events, including the Running of the Nudes in Pamplona.

Speaking of enticing road race promotions…

A professor of applied physiology and biomechanics suggests someday a runner may best Usain Bolt’s 100-meter world record…by four or five seconds.

Do you use your imagination when you run?

Here is just about everything you ever wanted to know about running barefoot, including anatomical charts. I’m not sure it could be worse than wearing these things.

You might think running skirts are a relatively new phenomenon, but the Kilted Mile goes back to the 11th century.

The Great Raisin River Footrace managed to attract both Bill Rodgers and Ed Whitlock.

Key to increased web traffic: Write a provocative headline with no relation to the underlying article.

That’s all for this week, friends. A special birthday shout-out to Rat Scabies! Submit your posts to carnival@runningisfunny.com. Until next time, run away!